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This template is used to [[WP:CITE|cite sources]] in Wikipedia. It is specifically for web sites which are not news sources. This template replaces deprecated [[template:web reference]]. It provides lower case parameters only.
This [[Wikipedia:Template namespace|template]] is used to cite online sources in Wikipedia articles. {{tl|Cite news}} can also be used when citing a news source; for general information about citations in Wikipedia articles, see [[Wikipedia:Cite sources]]. A general discussion of the use of templates for adding citations to Wikipedia articles is available at [[Wikipedia:Citation templates]].


== Usage ==
== Usage ==
;Common form for cases where little is known about authorship of the page (with current date)
<tt><nowiki>{{cite web |url= |title= |accessdate=</nowiki>{{CURRENTYEAR}}-{{CURRENTMONTH}}-{{CURRENTDAY}}<nowiki> |format= |work= }}</nowiki></tt>


'''''Note''''': None of the parameters should be capitalised, in order to avoid the article being tagged as having a broken citation. For example, use "url", "title", etc. - not "URL", "Title", etc.
;Using last, first (with current date)
<tt><nowiki>{{cite web |url= |title= |accessdate=</nowiki>{{CURRENTYEAR}}-{{CURRENTMONTH}}-{{CURRENTDAY}}<nowiki> |last= |first= |authorlink= |coauthors= |date= |year= |month= |format= |work= |publisher= |pages= |language= |archiveurl= |archivedate= |quote= }}</nowiki></tt>


=== Common forms with authors in any format ===
;Using author (with current date)
<tt><nowiki>{{cite web |url= |title= |accessdate=</nowiki>{{CURRENTYEAR}}-{{CURRENTMONTH}}-{{CURRENTDAY}}<nowiki> |author= |authorlink= |coauthors= |date= |year= |month= |format= |work= |publisher= |pages= |language= |archiveurl= |archivedate= |quote= }}</nowiki></tt>


Citations within a page should use consistent formats. However, there is no consensus about which format is best. The following examples are for citations where one or more authors are listed in a single {{para|author|<var>authors</var>}} parameter, using any format. Also shown below are three separate date formats that are commonly used in Wikipedia:
;Using non-linked retrieved date, last, first
<tt><nowiki>{{cite web |url= |title= |accessmonthday= |accessyear= |last= |first= |authorlink= |coauthors= |date= |year= |month= |format= |work= |publisher= |pages= |language= |archiveurl= |archivedate= |quote= }}</nowiki></tt>


;Day Month Year: <code><nowiki>{{cite web |url= |title= |author= |date= |work= |publisher= |accessdate=</nowiki>{{#time: j F Y }}<nowiki>}}</nowiki></code>
;Using non-linked retrieved date, author
<tt><nowiki>{{cite web |url= |title= |accessmonthday= |accessyear= |author= |authorlink= |coauthors= |date= |year= |month= |format= |work= |publisher= |pages= |language= |archiveurl= |archivedate= |quote= }}</nowiki></tt>


;Month Day, Year: <code><nowiki>{{cite web |url= |title= |author= |date= |work= |publisher= |accessdate=</nowiki>{{#time: F j, Y }}<nowiki>}}</nowiki></code>
;All parameters
<pre>{{cite web
| url =
| title =
| accessdate =
| accessmonthday =
| accessyear =
| author =
| last =
| first =
| authorlink =
| coauthors =
| date =
| year =
| month =
| format =
| work =
| publisher =
| pages =
| language =
| archiveurl =
| archivedate =
| quote =
}}</pre>


;YYYY-MM-DD: <code><nowiki>{{cite web |url= |title= |author= |date= |work= |publisher= |accessdate=</nowiki>{{#time: Y-m-d }}<nowiki>}}</nowiki></code>
=== Required parameters ===
* '''url''': URL of online item.
* '''title''': Title of online item.
''For producing a [[WP:CONTEXT#Dates|wikilinked date]] of retrieval:''
:* '''accessdate''': Full date when item was accessed, in [[ISO 8601]] YYYY-MM-DD format, for example "accessdate = 2006-02-17". ''Must not be wikilinked''
''For producing a non-wikilinked date of retrieval:''
:* '''accessmonthday''' and '''accessyear''': Month and day when item was accessed, for example "accessmonthday = May 10", <u>and</u> year when item was accessed, for example "accessyear = 2005".


=== Common forms with last1, first1; last2, first2 ===
=== Optional parameters ===

* '''author''': Author
The examples below will suffice for up to two authors each with first and last names; for more, just create more parameters in a similar style:

;Day Month Year: <code><nowiki>{{cite web |url= |title= |last1= |first1= |last2= |first2= |date= |work= |publisher= |accessdate=</nowiki>{{#time: j F Y }}<nowiki>}}</nowiki></code>

;Month Day, Year: <code><nowiki>{{cite web |url= |title= |last1= |first1= |last2= |first2= |date= |work= |publisher= |accessdate=</nowiki>{{#time: F j, Y }}<nowiki>}}</nowiki></code>

;YYYY-MM-DD: <code><nowiki>{{cite web |url= |title= |last1= |first1= |last2= |first2= |date= |work= |publisher= |accessdate=</nowiki>{{#time: Y-m-d }}<nowiki>}}</nowiki></code>

=== All parameters ===

When copying all parameters in either the vertical or horizontal layouts, delete those which are not needed.

;All parameters, horizontal layout: <code><nowiki>{{cite web |url= |title= |first= |last= |author= |authorlink= |coauthors= |date= |month= |year= |work= |publisher= |location= |page= |pages= |at= |language= |trans_title= |format= |doi= |archiveurl= |archivedate= |accessdate= |quote= |ref= |separator= |postscript= }}</nowiki></code>

;All parameters, vertical layout:
<pre>
{{cite web
| url =
| title =
| first =
| last =
| author =
| authorlink =
| coauthors =
| date =
| month =
| year =
| work =
| publisher =
| location =
| page =
| pages =
| at =
| language =
| trans_title =
| format =
| doi =
| archiveurl =
| archivedate =
| accessdate =
| quote =
| ref =
| separator =
| postscript =
}}
</pre>

==== Required parameters ====

*'''url''': URL of online item. Start the url with the communications protocol, e.g. <nowiki>http://</nowiki>.
*'''title''': Title of online item. This title will appear as the citation itself, hyperlinked to the URL.

==== Optional parameters ====

* author parameters
** '''author
** '''last''' works with '''first''' to produce <code>last, first</code>
** '''last''' works with '''first''' to produce <code>last, first</code>
** '''authorlink''' works either with '''author''' or with '''last''' & '''first''' to link to the appropriate wikipedia article. Does not work with URLs.
** '''authorlink''' works either with '''author''' or with '''last''' & '''first''' to link to the appropriate wikipedia article. Does not work with URLs.
** '''last1''', '''first1''', ..., '''last9''', '''first9''' and optionally '''authorlink1''', ..., '''authorlink9''' for specifying more authors (note: '''last1''', '''first1''' and '''authorlink1''' are synonyms for '''last''', '''first''' and '''authorlink''', so use ''either'' '''last1''' or '''last''', not both)
** '''coauthors''': allows additional authors
** '''coauthors''': alternate way of specifying additional authors
* '''date''': Full date of publication, preferably in [[ISO 8601]] YYYY-MM-DD format, e.g. ''2006-02-17''. May be wikilinked.
* a date parameter
** OR: '''year''': Year of publication, and '''month''': Name of the month of publication. If you also have the day, use ''date'' instead. Must not be wikilinked.
* '''format''': Format, e.g. PDF. HTML implied if not specified.
** ''either'' '''date''': Full date of publication. Should not be wikilinked.
** ''or'' '''year''': Year of publication, and '''month''': Name of the month of publication. If you also have the day, use '''date''' instead. Should not be wikilinked.
* '''work''': If this item is part of a larger work, name of that work.
* '''publisher''': Publisher, if any.
*'''format''': Format, e.g. PDF. HTML implied if not specified.
*'''work''': If this item is part of a larger "work", such as a book, periodical or website, write the name of that work. Do not italicize; the software will do so automatically.
* '''pages''': Pages, if any, especially if pdf format. This is for listing the pages relevant to the citation, not the total number of pages in the book.
*'''publisher''': Publisher, if any—for example if the website is hosted by a government service, educational institution, or company. (The '''publisher''' is not usually the name of the website, that is usually the '''work''').
* '''language''': language of publication (don't specify "English" as this is the default).
**'''location''': Geographical place of publication.
* '''archiveurl''': URL of the archive location of the item (requires '''archivedate''')
* a page parameter
* '''archivedate''': Date when the item was archived (requires '''archiveurl'''), in [[ISO 8601]] YYYY-MM-DD format, e.g. ''2006-02-17''. Must not be wikilinked; it will be linked automatically.
** ''either'' '''page''': Page number if a multi-page web article and referencing a single page. "page=5" produces ''p. 5.''
* '''quote''': Relevant quote from online item.
** ''or'' '''pages''': Page numbers if a multi-page web article and referencing more than one page. "pages=5–7" produces ''pp. 5–7''. This is for listing the pages relevant to the citation, not a total number of pages.<!-- Commented out: Not implemented in the template! This is especially useful for [[PDF]] format, where the page can be linked to with the <code>#page=''number''</code> anchor tagged on the end of the URL:
*:<code><nowiki>pages = [http://www.example.org/file.pdf#page=123 p. 123]</nowiki></code>-->
** ''or'' '''at''': When the page prefix is unwanted. "at=Table 5" produces ''Table 5''.
*'''language''': language of publication (don't specify "English" as this is the default).
**'''trans_title''': A translated title of the article, in case the original title is in a foreign language. Would normally be used in conjunction with the 'language' parameter.
* '''doi''': A [[digital object identifier]] for the document, such as ''<nowiki>10.1038/news070508-7</nowiki>''
**'''Doilabel''': If the doi contains some characters that must be [[Percent-encoding|escaped]], use "doilabel" for the unescaped version. See {{tl|doi}}: "id" is equivalent to "doi" and "label" is "doilabel"
* archive parameters ''(if used, must be used both of them together)''
** '''archiveurl''': The URL of an [[Web archiving|archived]] copy of the page, if (or in case) the url becomes unavailable. Typically used to refer to services like [[WebCite]] and [[Internet Archive|Archive.org]].
** '''archivedate''': Date when the item was archived. Should not be wikilinked.
*'''accessdate''': Full date when item was accessed. Should not be wikilinked. This should be given if the publication date is unknown; see ''[[WP:CITEHOW|Citation styles]]''.
*'''quote''': Relevant quote from online item.
*'''ref''': ID for anchor. By default, no anchor is generated. The ordinary nonempty value {{para|ref|<var>ID</var>}} generates an anchor with the given <code><var>ID</var></code>; such a linkable reference can be made the target of [[Wikipedia:Citing sources/Further considerations #Wikilinks to full references|wikilinks to full references]], especially useful in short citations like [[Wikipedia:Citing sources #Shortened footnotes|shortened notes]] and [[Wikipedia:Parenthetical referencing|parenthetical referencing]]. The special value {{para|ref|harv}} generates an anchor suitable for the {{tl|harv}} template; see ''[[Template:Citation/doc #Anchors for Harvard referencing templates|anchors for Harvard referencing templates]]''.
*'''separator''' / '''postscript''': The punctuation to use between fields / at the end of the citation

==== Duplicate periods ====

By default, {{tl|cite web}} separates some fields with periods, so don't encode those fields ending with a period or a duplicate period will be added. Example: "publisher=Camelot, Inc" will correctly show as <code>Camelot, Inc.</code> but "publisher=Camelot, Inc." will incorrectly show as <code>Camelot, Inc..</code>


== Examples ==
== Examples ==

;Some standard use cases
;Some standard use cases
* <nowiki>{{cite web
*<code><nowiki>{{cite web
|url=http://www.example.org/
| author=Doe, John
| title=My Favorite Things Part II
|title=My Favorite Things, Part II
|author=Doe, John
| publisher=Open Publishing
|publisher=Open Publishing
| date=[[2005-04-30]]
|date=30 April 2005
| work=Encyclopedia of Things
|work=Encyclopedia of Things
| url=http://www.example.com/
| accessdate=2005-07-06
|accessdate=6 July 2005
}}</nowiki><br/>→ <span style="background:white">{{cite web | author=Doe, John | title=My Favorite Things Part II | publisher=Open Publishing | date=[[2005-04-30]] | work=Encyclopedia of Things | url=http://www.example.com | accessdate=2005-07-06 }}</span>
}}</nowiki></code><br/>→ <span style="background:white">{{cite web
|url=http://www.example.org/
|title=My Favorite Things, Part II
|author=Doe, John
|publisher=Open Publishing
|date=30 April 2005
|work=Encyclopedia of Things
|accessdate=6 July 2005
}}</span>


* <nowiki>{{cite web
*<code><nowiki>{{cite web
|url=http://www.example.org/
| author=Doe, John
| title=My Favorite Things Part II
|title=My Favorite Things, Part II
|author=Doe, John
| date=[[2005-04-30]]
|date=30 April 2005
| work=Encyclopedia of Things
|work=Encyclopedia of things
| url=http://www.example.com/
| accessdate=2005-07-06
|accessdate=6 July 2005
}}</nowiki><br/>→ <span style="background:white">{{cite web | author=Doe, John | title=My Favorite Things Part II | date=[[2005-04-30]] | work=Encyclopedia of Things | url=http://www.example.com | accessdate=2005-07-06 }}</span>
}}</nowiki></code><br/>→ <span style="background:white">{{cite web
|url=http://www.example.org/
|title=My Favorite Things, Part II
|author=Doe, John
|date=30 April 2005
|work=Encyclopedia of Things
|accessdate=6 July 2005
}}</span>


* <nowiki>{{cite web
*<code><nowiki>{{cite web
|url=http://www.example.org/
| author=Doe, John
| title=My Favorite Things Part II
|title=My Favorite Things, Part II
|author=Doe, John
| date=[[2005-04-30]]
|date=30 April 2005
| url=http://www.example.com/
| accessdate=2005-07-06
|accessdate=6 July 2005
}}</nowiki><br/>→ <span style="background:white">{{cite web | author=Doe, John | title=My Favorite Things Part II | date=[[2005-04-30]] | url=http://www.example.com | accessdate=2005-07-06}}</span>
}}</nowiki></code><br/>→ <span style="background:white">{{cite web
|url=http://www.example.org/
|title=My Favorite Things, Part II
|author=Doe, John
|date=30 April 2005
|accessdate=6 July 2005
}}</span>


* <nowiki>{{cite web
*<code><nowiki>{{cite web
||url=http://www.example.org/
| author=Doe, John
| title=My Favorite Things Part II
|title=My Favorite Things, Part II
author=Doe, John
| url=http://www.example.com/
| accessdate=2005-07-06
|accessdate=6 July 2005
}}</nowiki><br/>→ <span style="background:white">{{cite web | author=Doe, John | title=My Favorite Things Part II | url=http://www.example.com | accessdate=2005-07-06}}</span>
}}</nowiki></code><br/>→ <span style="background:white">{{cite web
|url=http://www.example.org/
|title=My Favorite Things, Part II
|author=Doe, John
|accessdate=6 July 2005
}}</span>


* <nowiki>{{cite web
*<code><nowiki>{{cite web
|url=http://www.example.org/
| title=My Favorite Things Part II
|title=My Favorite Things, Part II
| url=http://www.example.com/
| accessdate=2005-07-06
|accessdate=6 July 2005
}}</nowiki><br/>→ <span style="background:white">{{cite web | title=My Favorite Things Part II | url=http://www.example.com | accessdate=2005-07-06}}</span>
}}</nowiki></code><br/>→ <span style="background:white">{{cite web
|url=http://www.example.org/

|title=My Favorite Things, Part II
* <nowiki>{{cite web
|accessdate=6 July 2005
| url=http://www.nfl.com/fans/
}}</span>
| title=Digest of Rules
| publisher= National Football League
| accessdate=2005-07-06
}}</nowiki><br>→ <span style="background:white">{{cite web | url=http://www.nfl.com/fans/
| title=Digest of Rules | publisher= National Football League | accessdate=2005-07-06 }}</span>


*<code><nowiki>{{cite web
;Non-linking date of retrieval (using accessmonthday and accessyear)
|url=http://www.nfl.com/rulebook/digestofrules
* <nowiki>{{cite web
| title=My Favorite Things Part II
|title=Digest of Rules
|publisher=National Football League
| work=Encyclopedia of Things
|accessdate=6 July 2005
| url=http://www.example.com/
}}</nowiki></code><br>→ <span style="background:white">{{cite web
| accessmonthday=July 6
|url=http://www.nfl.com/rulebook/digestofrules
| accessyear=2005
|title=Digest of Rules
}}</nowiki><br/> → <span style="background:white">{{cite web
|publisher=National Football League
| title=My Favorite Things Part II
|accessdate=6 July 2005
| work=Encyclopedia of Things
| url=http://www.example.com/
| accessmonthday=July 6
| accessyear=2005
}}</span>
}}</span>


;Using format
;Using format
* <nowiki>{{cite web
*<code><nowiki>{{cite web
|url=http://www.incb.org/pdf/e/list/green.pdf
| title=List of psychotropic substances under international control
|title=List of psychotropic substances under international control
| publisher = International Narcotics Control Board
|publisher=International Narcotics Control Board
| url=http://www.incb.org/pdf/e/list/green.pdf
| format = PDF
|format=PDF
| accessdate=2005-07-06
|accessdate=July 6, 2005
}}</nowiki><br/> → <span style="background:white">{{cite web
}}</nowiki></code><br/> → <span style="background:white">{{cite web
|url=http://www.incb.org/pdf/e/list/green.pdf
| title=List of psychotropic substances under international control
|title=List of psychotropic substances under international control
| publisher = International Narcotics Control Board | url=http://www.incb.org/pdf/e/list/green.pdf
|publisher=International Narcotics Control Board
| format = PDF | accessdate=2005-07-06}}</span>
|format=PDF
|accessdate=July 6, 2005
}}</span>


;language
;Foreign language and translated title
* <nowiki>{{cite web
*<code><nowiki>{{cite web
|url=http://www.example.org/
| author=Joliet, François
| title=Honnit soit qui mal y pense
|title=Honni soit qui mal y pense
|author=Joliet, François
| date=[[2005-04-30]]
|date=30 April 2005
| url=http://www.example.com/
| accessdate=2005-07-06
|accessdate=6 July 2005
| language=French
|language=French
|trans_title=Shame on those who think evil
}}</nowiki><br/>→ <span style="background:white">{{cite web | author=Joliet, François | title=Honnit soit qui mal y pense | date=[[2005-04-30]] | url=http://www.example.com | accessdate=2005-07-06 | language=French}}</span>
}}</nowiki></code><br/>→ <span style="background:white">{{cite web
|url=http://www.example.org/
|title=Honni soit qui mal y pense
|author=Joliet, François
|date=30 April 2005
|accessdate=6 July 2005
|language=French
|trans_title=Shame on those who think evil
}}</span>


;coauthors
;coauthors
*<code><nowiki>{{cite web
* <nowiki>{{cite web | first=John | last=Doe | coauthors=Peter Smith, Jim Smythe | title=My Favorite Things Part II | publisher=Open Publishing | date=[[2005-04-30]] | work=Encyclopedia of Things | url=http://www.example.com/ | accessdate=2006-05-16
|url=http://www.example.org/
}}</nowiki><br/>→ <span style="background:white">{{cite web | first=John | last=Doe | coauthors=Peter Smith, Jim Smythe | title=My Favorite Things Part II | publisher=Open Publishing | date=[[2005-04-30]] | work=Encyclopedia of Things | url=http://www.example.com/ | accessdate=2006-05-16 }}</span>
|title=Our Favorite Things
|first=John
|last=Doe
|coauthors=Smith, Peter; Smythe, Jim
|publisher=Open Publishing
|date=30 April 2005
|work=Encyclopedia of Things
|accessdate=16 May 2006
}}</nowiki></code><br/>→ <span style="background:white">{{cite web
|url=http://www.example.org/
|title=Our Favorite Things
|first=John
|last=Doe
|coauthors=Smith, Peter; Smythe, Jim
|publisher=Open Publishing
|date=30 April 2005
|work=Encyclopedia of Things
|accessdate=16 May 2006
}}</span>

*<code><nowiki>{{cite web
|url=http://www.example.org/
|title=Our Favorite Things
|first=John
|last=Doe
|coauthors=Peter Smith; Jim Smythe
|publisher=Open Publishing
|date=30 April 2005
|work=Encyclopedia of Things
|accessdate=16 May 2006
}}</nowiki></code><br/>→ <span style="background:white">{{cite web
|url=http://www.example.org/
|title=Our Favorite Things
|first=John
|last=Doe
|coauthors=Peter Smith; Jim Smythe
|publisher=Open Publishing
|date=30 April 2005
|work=Encyclopedia of Things
|accessdate=16 May 2006
}}</span>


;No author
;No author
*<code><nowiki>{{cite web
* <nowiki>{{cite web | title=My Favorite Things Part II | publisher=Open Publishing | date=[[2005-04-30]] | work=Encyclopedia of Things | url=http://www.example.com/ | accessdate=2006-05-16
|url=http://www.example.org/
}}</nowiki><br/>→ <span style="background:white">{{cite web | title=My Favorite Things Part II | publisher=Open Publishing | date=[[2005-04-30]] | work=Encyclopedia of Things | url=http://www.example.com/ | accessdate=2006-05-16 }}</span>
|title=Index of Sharp Things
|publisher=Open Publishing
|date=30 April 2005
|work=Encyclopedia of Things
|accessdate=16 May 2006
}}</nowiki></code><br/>→ <span style="background:white">{{cite web
|url=http://www.example.org/
|title=Index of Sharp Things
|publisher=Open Publishing
|date=30 April 2005
|work=Encyclopedia of Things
|accessdate=16 May 2006
}}</span>


;No author, no publisher
;No author, no publisher
This abbreviated format should only be used when the editor cannot determine the publisher and author.
* <nowiki>{{cite web | title=My Favorite Things Part II | date=[[2005-04-30]] | work=Encyclopedia of Things | url=http://www.example.com/ | accessdate=2005-07-06
*<code><nowiki>{{cite web
}}</nowiki></br>→ <span style="background:white">{{cite web | title=My Favorite Things Part II | date=[[2005-04-30]] | work=Encyclopedia of Things | url=http://www.example.com/ | accessdate=2005-07-06 }}</span>
|url=http://www.example.org/
|title=Index of Sharp Things
|date=30 April 2005
|work=Encyclopedia of Things
|accessdate=6 July 2005
}}</nowiki></code></br>→ <span style="background:white">{{cite web
|url=http://www.example.org/
|title=Index of Sharp Things
|date=30 April 2005
|work=Encyclopedia of Things
|accessdate=6 July 2005
}}</span>


*<code><nowiki>{{cite web
* <nowiki>{{cite web | title=My Favorite Things Part II | date=[[2005-04-30]] | url=http://www.example.com/ | accessdate=2005-07-06
|url=http://www.example.org/
}}</nowiki><br/>→ <span style="background:white">{{cite web | title=My Favorite Things Part II | date=[[2005-04-30]] | url=http://www.example.com/ | accessdate=2005-07-06 }}</span>
|title=Index of Sharp Things
|date=30 April 2005
|accessdate=6 July 2005}}</nowiki></code><br/>→ <span style="background:white">{{cite web
|url=http://www.example.org/
|title=Index of Sharp Things
|date=30 April 2005
|accessdate=6 July 2005}}</span>


*<code><nowiki>{{cite web
* <nowiki>{{cite web | title=My Favorite Things Part II | date=[[2005-04-30]] | url=http://www.example.com/ | accessdate=2005-07-06 }}</nowiki><br/>→ <span style="background:white">{{cite web | title=My Favorite Things Part II | date=[[2005-04-30]] | url=http://www.example.com/ | accessdate=2005-07-06 }}</span>
|url=http://www.incb.org/pdf/e/list/green.pdf
|title=List of psychotropic substances under international control
|date=30 April 2005
|format=PDF
|accessdate=July 6, 2005
|language=Greek
}}</nowiki></code><br/> → <span style="background:white">{{cite web
|url=http://www.incb.org/pdf/e/list/green.pdf
|title=List of psychotropic substances under international control
|date=30 April 2005
|format=PDF
|accessdate=July 6, 2005
|language=Greek
}}</span>


;Using "archiveurl" and "archivedate" for webpages that have been archived
* <nowiki>{{cite web
*<code><nowiki>{{cite web
| title=List of psychotropic substances under international control
|url=http://www.incb.org/pdf/e/list/green.pdf
| date=[[2005-04-30]]
|title=List of psychotropic substances under international control
| url=http://www.incb.org/pdf/e/list/green.pdf
|date=30 April 2005
| format = PDF
|format=PDF
| accessdate=2005-07-06
|accessdate=July 6, 2005
| language=Greek
|archiveurl=http://www.archive.org/2005-09-11/www.incb.org/pdf/e/list/green.pdf
}}</nowiki><br/> → <span style="background:white">{{cite web
|archivedate=2005-09-11
| title=List of psychotropic substances under international control | date=[[2005-04-30]]
}}</nowiki></code><br/> → <span style="background:white">{{cite web
| url=http://www.incb.org/pdf/e/list/green.pdf | format = PDF | accessdate=2005-07-06
|url=http://www.incb.org/pdf/e/list/green.pdf
| language=Greek }}</span>
|title=List of psychotropic substances under international control
|date=30 April 2005
|format=PDF
|accessdate=July 6, 2005
|archiveurl=http://www.archive.org/2005-09-11/www.incb.org/pdf/e/list/green.pdf
|archivedate=2005-09-11
}}</span>


*<code><nowiki>{{cite web
; Using archiveurl and archivedate to refer to items that went away but are available from an archive site
* <nowiki>{{cite web
| title=List of psychotropic substances under international control
| date=[[2005-04-30]]
| url=http://www.incb.org/pdf/e/list/green.pdf
| format = PDF
| accessdate=2005-07-06
| archiveurl=http://www.archive.org/2005-09-11/www.incb.org/pdf/e/list/green.pdf
| archivedate=2005-09-11
}}</nowiki><br/> → <span style="background:white">{{cite web
| title=List of psychotropic substances under international control
| date=[[2005-04-30]]
| url=http://www.incb.org/pdf/e/list/green.pdf
| format = PDF
| accessdate=2005-07-06
| archiveurl=http://www.archive.org/2005-09-11/www.incb.org/pdf/e/list/green.pdf
| archivedate=2005-09-11 }}</span>

* <nowiki>
{{cite web
|url=http://joanjettbadrep.com/cgi-bin/fullStory.cgi?archive=currnews&story=20060405-01shore.htm
|url=http://joanjettbadrep.com/cgi-bin/fullStory.cgi?archive=currnews&story=20060405-01shore.htm
|title=Interview with Maggie Downs
|title=Interview with Maggie Downs
|date=[[2006-03-31]]
|date=2006-03-31
|publisher=The Desert Sun
|publisher=The Desert Sun
|archiveurl=http://72.14.207.104/search?q=cache:JAxf4v-pQmgJ:joanjettbadrep.com/cgi-bin/fullStory.cgi%3Farchive%3Dcurrnews%26story%3D20060405-01shore.htm
|archiveurl=http://72.14.207.104/search?q=cache:JAxf4v-pQmgJ:joanjettbadrep.com/cgi-bin/fullStory.cgi%3Farchive%3Dcurrnews%26story%3D20060405-01shore.htm
|archivedate=2006-04-26
|archivedate=2006-04-26
}}</nowiki></code><br/> → <span style="background:white">{{cite web
}}
}}</nowiki><br/> → <span style="background:white">{{cite web
|url=http://joanjettbadrep.com/cgi-bin/fullStory.cgi?archive=currnews&story=20060405-01shore.htm
|url=http://joanjettbadrep.com/cgi-bin/fullStory.cgi?archive=currnews&story=20060405-01shore.htm
|title=Interview with Maggie Downs
|title=Interview with Maggie Downs
|date=[[2006-03-31]]
|date=2006-03-31
|publisher=The Desert Sun
|publisher=The Desert Sun
|archiveurl=http://72.14.207.104/search?q=cache:JAxf4v-pQmgJ:joanjettbadrep.com/cgi-bin/fullStory.cgi%3Farchive%3Dcurrnews%26story%3D20060405-01shore.htm
|archiveurl=http://72.14.207.104/search?q=cache:JAxf4v-pQmgJ:joanjettbadrep.com/cgi-bin/fullStory.cgi%3Farchive%3Dcurrnews%26story%3D20060405-01shore.htm
|archivedate=2006-04-26}}</span>
|archivedate=2006-04-26
}}</span>


; Using quote
;Using "quote"
* <nowiki>{{cite web
*<code><nowiki>{{cite web
|url=http://www.webexhibits.org/daylightsaving/c.html
| title = My Favorite Things Part II
|title=Daylight saving time: rationale and original idea
| work = Encyclopedia of Things
|work=WebExhibits
| url = http://www.example.com/
|date=2008
| accessdate = 2005-07-06
|accessdate=2009-09-27
| quote = Lorem ipsum dolor.
|quote=...&amp;nbsp;Lord Balfour came forward with a unique concern: 'Supposing some unfortunate lady was confined with twins&amp;nbsp;...'
}}</nowiki><br/>→ <span style="background:white">{{cite web
}}</nowiki></code><br/>→ <span style="background:white">{{cite web
| title = My Favorite Things Part II
|url=http://www.webexhibits.org/daylightsaving/c.html
| work = Encyclopedia of Things
|title=Daylight saving time: rationale and original idea
| url = http://www.example.com/
|work=WebExhibits
| accessdate = 2005-07-06
|date=2008
| quote = Lorem ipsum dolor.
|accessdate=2009-09-27
|quote=...&nbsp;Lord Balfour came forward with a unique concern: 'Supposing some unfortunate lady was confined with twins&nbsp;...'
}}</span>
}}</span>


==Using cite web on other Mediawiki installations==
;No parameters (error)

* <nowiki>{{cite web}}</nowiki><br/>→ <span style="background:white">{{cite web}}</span>
If you want to use 'cite web' on another Mediawiki site, for example at wikia.com or at referata.com, you probably want to edit your <nowiki>http://yoursite.whatever.org/wiki/Mediawiki:common.css</nowiki> file to match the cite styles at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mediawiki:common.css . Easiest is to just copy the whole file. But if you don't want that, you probably want to add the following:

<blockquote>
<tt>
<pre>

/* Styling for citations */
span.citation, cite {
font-style: normal;
word-wrap: break-word;
}

/* For linked citation numbers and document IDs, where
the number need not be shown on a screen or a handheld,
but should be included in the printed version
*/
@media screen, handheld {
span.citation *.printonly {
display: none;
}
}

</pre>
</tt>
</blockquote>

The reason? If you don't, every URL will show up twice in your &lt;references&gt; or &#123;&#123;reflist&#125;&#125; section, because it think's it is printing on paper, and when it prints on paper, it prints out the entire URL.

==See also==
* [[User:Citation bot|Citation bot]]
* [[Wikipedia:Citation templates|Citation templates]]
* [[Wikipedia:Citing sources|Citing sources]]
* [[Wikipedia:Citing sources/example style|Citing sources/example style]]
* [[WP:DOI|Digital Object Identifier]]
* [[Template:Cite book]]
* [[Template:Cite journal]]
* [[Template:Cite news]]
* [[Zotero]]


<includeonly>
<includeonly>
<!-- ADD CATEGORIES BELOW THIS LINE -->
<!-- CATEGORIES AND INTERWIKIS HERE, THANKS -->
[[Category:Citation templates|{{PAGENAME}}]]
[[Category:Citation templates|{{PAGENAME}}]]
[[Category:Templates using ParserFunctions|{{PAGENAME}}]]


[[af:Sjabloon:Webaanhaling]]
<!-- ADD INTERWIKIS BELOW THIS LINE -->
[[bg:Шаблон:Cite web]]
[[az:Şablon:Cite web]]
[[be-x-old:Шаблён:Спасылка]]
[[bg:Шаблон:Цитат уеб]]
[[ca:Plantilla:Citar web]]
[[cs:Šablona:Citace elektronické monografie]]
[[cy:Nodyn:Dyf gwe]]
[[da:Skabelon:Kilde www]]
[[de:Vorlage:Cite web]]
[[el:Πρότυπο:Cite web]]
[[el:Πρότυπο:Cite web]]
[[ja:Template:Cite web]]
[[et:Mall:Netiviide]]
[[eo:Ŝablono:Citaĵo el la reto]]
[[es:Plantilla:Cita web]]
[[fr:Modèle:Lien web]]
[[hr:Predložak:Cite web]]
[[hy:Կաղապար:Cite web]]
[[ia:Patrono:Cite web]]
[[it:Template:Cita web]]
[[it:Template:Cita web]]
[[ja:Template:Cite web]]
[[ko:틀:웹 인용]]
[[hu:Sablon:Cite web]]
[[mk:Шаблон:Cite web]]
[[ms:Templat:Cite web]]
[[nl:Sjabloon:Voetnoot web]]
[[no:Mal:Kilde www]]
[[no:Mal:Kilde www]]
[[pl:Szablon:Cytuj stronę]]
[[pl:Szablon:Cytuj stronę]]
[[pt:Predefinição:Citar web]]
[[ro:Format:Citat web]]
[[ru:Шаблон:Cite web]]
[[ru:Шаблон:Cite web]]
[[sk:Šablóna:Cite web]]
[[sl:Predloga:Navedi splet]]
[[sr:Шаблон:Cite web]]
[[sv:Mall:Webbref]]
[[fi:Malline:Verkkoviite]]
[[uk:Шаблон:Cite web]]
[[ur:Template:Cite web]]
[[vi:Tiêu bản:Chú thích web]]
[[vi:Tiêu bản:Chú thích web]]
[[tr:Şablon:Cite web]]
[[zh:Template:Cite web]]
[[zh:Template:Cite web]]
</includeonly>
</includeonly>

Latest revision as of 22:06, 15 May 2010

This template is used to cite online sources in Wikipedia articles. {{Cite news}} can also be used when citing a news source; for general information about citations in Wikipedia articles, see Wikipedia:Cite sources. A general discussion of the use of templates for adding citations to Wikipedia articles is available at Wikipedia:Citation templates.

Usage[edit source]

Note: None of the parameters should be capitalised, in order to avoid the article being tagged as having a broken citation. For example, use "url", "title", etc. - not "URL", "Title", etc.

Common forms with authors in any format[edit source]

Citations within a page should use consistent formats. However, there is no consensus about which format is best. The following examples are for citations where one or more authors are listed in a single |author=authors parameter, using any format. Also shown below are three separate date formats that are commonly used in Wikipedia:

Day Month Year
{{cite web |url= |title= |author= |date= |work= |publisher= |accessdate=26 May 2024}}
Month Day, Year
{{cite web |url= |title= |author= |date= |work= |publisher= |accessdate=May 26, 2024}}
YYYY-MM-DD
{{cite web |url= |title= |author= |date= |work= |publisher= |accessdate=2024-05-26}}

Common forms with last1, first1; last2, first2[edit source]

The examples below will suffice for up to two authors each with first and last names; for more, just create more parameters in a similar style:

Day Month Year
{{cite web |url= |title= |last1= |first1= |last2= |first2= |date= |work= |publisher= |accessdate=26 May 2024}}
Month Day, Year
{{cite web |url= |title= |last1= |first1= |last2= |first2= |date= |work= |publisher= |accessdate=May 26, 2024}}
YYYY-MM-DD
{{cite web |url= |title= |last1= |first1= |last2= |first2= |date= |work= |publisher= |accessdate=2024-05-26}}

All parameters[edit source]

When copying all parameters in either the vertical or horizontal layouts, delete those which are not needed.

All parameters, horizontal layout
{{cite web |url= |title= |first= |last= |author= |authorlink= |coauthors= |date= |month= |year= |work= |publisher= |location= |page= |pages= |at= |language= |trans_title= |format= |doi= |archiveurl= |archivedate= |accessdate= |quote= |ref= |separator= |postscript= }}
All parameters, vertical layout
{{cite web
| url         =
| title       =
| first       =
| last        =
| author      =
| authorlink  =
| coauthors   =
| date        =
| month       =
| year        =
| work        =
| publisher   =
| location    =
| page        =
| pages       =
| at          =
| language    =
| trans_title =
| format      =
| doi         =
| archiveurl  =
| archivedate =
| accessdate  =
| quote       =
| ref         =
| separator   =
| postscript  =
}}

Required parameters[edit source]

  • url: URL of online item. Start the url with the communications protocol, e.g. http://.
  • title: Title of online item. This title will appear as the citation itself, hyperlinked to the URL.

Optional parameters[edit source]

  • author parameters
    • author
    • last works with first to produce last, first
    • authorlink works either with author or with last & first to link to the appropriate wikipedia article. Does not work with URLs.
    • last1, first1, ..., last9, first9 and optionally authorlink1, ..., authorlink9 for specifying more authors (note: last1, first1 and authorlink1 are synonyms for last, first and authorlink, so use either last1 or last, not both)
    • coauthors: alternate way of specifying additional authors
  • a date parameter
    • either date: Full date of publication. Should not be wikilinked.
    • or year: Year of publication, and month: Name of the month of publication. If you also have the day, use date instead. Should not be wikilinked.
  • format: Format, e.g. PDF. HTML implied if not specified.
  • work: If this item is part of a larger "work", such as a book, periodical or website, write the name of that work. Do not italicize; the software will do so automatically.
  • publisher: Publisher, if any—for example if the website is hosted by a government service, educational institution, or company. (The publisher is not usually the name of the website, that is usually the work).
    • location: Geographical place of publication.
  • a page parameter
    • either page: Page number if a multi-page web article and referencing a single page. "page=5" produces p. 5.
    • or pages: Page numbers if a multi-page web article and referencing more than one page. "pages=5–7" produces pp. 5–7. This is for listing the pages relevant to the citation, not a total number of pages.
    • or at: When the page prefix is unwanted. "at=Table 5" produces Table 5.
  • language: language of publication (don't specify "English" as this is the default).
    • trans_title: A translated title of the article, in case the original title is in a foreign language. Would normally be used in conjunction with the 'language' parameter.
  • doi: A digital object identifier for the document, such as 10.1038/news070508-7
    • Doilabel: If the doi contains some characters that must be escaped, use "doilabel" for the unescaped version. See {{doi}}: "id" is equivalent to "doi" and "label" is "doilabel"
  • archive parameters (if used, must be used both of them together)
    • archiveurl: The URL of an archived copy of the page, if (or in case) the url becomes unavailable. Typically used to refer to services like WebCite and Archive.org.
    • archivedate: Date when the item was archived. Should not be wikilinked.
  • accessdate: Full date when item was accessed. Should not be wikilinked. This should be given if the publication date is unknown; see Citation styles.
  • quote: Relevant quote from online item.
  • ref: ID for anchor. By default, no anchor is generated. The ordinary nonempty value |ref=ID generates an anchor with the given ID; such a linkable reference can be made the target of wikilinks to full references, especially useful in short citations like shortened notes and parenthetical referencing. The special value |ref=harv generates an anchor suitable for the {{harv}} template; see anchors for Harvard referencing templates.
  • separator / postscript: The punctuation to use between fields / at the end of the citation

Duplicate periods[edit source]

By default, {{cite web}} separates some fields with periods, so don't encode those fields ending with a period or a duplicate period will be added. Example: "publisher=Camelot, Inc" will correctly show as Camelot, Inc. but "publisher=Camelot, Inc." will incorrectly show as Camelot, Inc..

Examples[edit source]

Some standard use cases
  • {{cite web |url=http://www.example.org/ |title=My Favorite Things, Part II |author=Doe, John |publisher=Open Publishing |date=30 April 2005 |work=Encyclopedia of Things |accessdate=6 July 2005 }}
    → Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  • {{cite web |url=http://www.example.org/ |title=My Favorite Things, Part II |author=Doe, John |date=30 April 2005 |work=Encyclopedia of things |accessdate=6 July 2005 }}
    → Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  • {{cite web |url=http://www.example.org/ |title=My Favorite Things, Part II |author=Doe, John |date=30 April 2005 |accessdate=6 July 2005 }}
    → Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  • {{cite web ||url=http://www.example.org/ |title=My Favorite Things, Part II author=Doe, John |accessdate=6 July 2005 }}
    → Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  • {{cite web |url=http://www.example.org/ |title=My Favorite Things, Part II |accessdate=6 July 2005 }}
    → Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  • {{cite web |url=http://www.nfl.com/rulebook/digestofrules |title=Digest of Rules |publisher=National Football League |accessdate=6 July 2005 }}
    → Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
Using format
  • {{cite web |url=http://www.incb.org/pdf/e/list/green.pdf |title=List of psychotropic substances under international control |publisher=International Narcotics Control Board |format=PDF |accessdate=July 6, 2005 }}
    → Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
Foreign language and translated title
  • {{cite web |url=http://www.example.org/ |title=Honni soit qui mal y pense |author=Joliet, François |date=30 April 2005 |accessdate=6 July 2005 |language=French |trans_title=Shame on those who think evil }}
    → Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
coauthors
  • {{cite web |url=http://www.example.org/ |title=Our Favorite Things |first=John |last=Doe |coauthors=Smith, Peter; Smythe, Jim |publisher=Open Publishing |date=30 April 2005 |work=Encyclopedia of Things |accessdate=16 May 2006 }}
    → Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  • {{cite web |url=http://www.example.org/ |title=Our Favorite Things |first=John |last=Doe |coauthors=Peter Smith; Jim Smythe |publisher=Open Publishing |date=30 April 2005 |work=Encyclopedia of Things |accessdate=16 May 2006 }}
    → Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
No author
  • {{cite web |url=http://www.example.org/ |title=Index of Sharp Things |publisher=Open Publishing |date=30 April 2005 |work=Encyclopedia of Things |accessdate=16 May 2006 }}
    → Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
No author, no publisher

This abbreviated format should only be used when the editor cannot determine the publisher and author.

  • {{cite web |url=http://www.example.org/ |title=Index of Sharp Things |date=30 April 2005 |work=Encyclopedia of Things |accessdate=6 July 2005 }}
    → Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  • {{cite web |url=http://www.example.org/ |title=Index of Sharp Things |date=30 April 2005 |accessdate=6 July 2005}}
    → Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  • {{cite web |url=http://www.incb.org/pdf/e/list/green.pdf |title=List of psychotropic substances under international control |date=30 April 2005 |format=PDF |accessdate=July 6, 2005 |language=Greek }}
    → Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
Using "archiveurl" and "archivedate" for webpages that have been archived
  • {{cite web |url=http://www.incb.org/pdf/e/list/green.pdf |title=List of psychotropic substances under international control |date=30 April 2005 |format=PDF |accessdate=July 6, 2005 |archiveurl=http://www.archive.org/2005-09-11/www.incb.org/pdf/e/list/green.pdf |archivedate=2005-09-11 }}
    → Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  • {{cite web |url=http://joanjettbadrep.com/cgi-bin/fullStory.cgi?archive=currnews&story=20060405-01shore.htm |title=Interview with Maggie Downs |date=2006-03-31 |publisher=The Desert Sun |archiveurl=http://72.14.207.104/search?q=cache:JAxf4v-pQmgJ:joanjettbadrep.com/cgi-bin/fullStory.cgi%3Farchive%3Dcurrnews%26story%3D20060405-01shore.htm |archivedate=2006-04-26 }}
    → Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
Using "quote"
  • {{cite web |url=http://www.webexhibits.org/daylightsaving/c.html |title=Daylight saving time: rationale and original idea |work=WebExhibits |date=2008 |accessdate=2009-09-27 |quote=...&nbsp;Lord Balfour came forward with a unique concern: 'Supposing some unfortunate lady was confined with twins&nbsp;...' }}
    → Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".

Using cite web on other Mediawiki installations[edit source]

If you want to use 'cite web' on another Mediawiki site, for example at wikia.com or at referata.com, you probably want to edit your http://yoursite.whatever.org/wiki/Mediawiki:common.css file to match the cite styles at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mediawiki:common.css . Easiest is to just copy the whole file. But if you don't want that, you probably want to add the following: 


/* Styling for citations */
span.citation, cite {
    font-style: normal;
    word-wrap: break-word;
}

/* For linked citation numbers and document IDs, where
   the number need not be shown on a screen or a handheld,
   but should be included in the printed version
*/
@media screen, handheld {
    span.citation *.printonly {
        display: none;
    }
}

The reason? If you don't, every URL will show up twice in your <references> or {{reflist}} section, because it think's it is printing on paper, and when it prints on paper, it prints out the entire URL.

See also[edit source]


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